Dish drainer



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MEETS, T REX METAL. PRQDUC'I'S 00., 11530, OR BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ,A

CORPORATION .015 NEW YORK.

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Application filed June 16, 1921. Serial No. 477,912.

To all whom it mag conoem:

' Be it known that I, RICHARD M. SMYT'HE,

a citizen of the United States, residin in Boonton, in the county of Morris and tate 6 of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dish Drainers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to kitchen utensils adapted for the rinsing and drying of 10 dishes.

The device comprises a draining pan 'containinga floor in the form of a g id upon which dishes are placed, the floor being inclined so that the water may flow out an open end of the draining pan. The grid has a bent-up end whichis provided with hooks to clasp the sides of the draining an,

so that it is firmly held in the pan, w ile it is readily detachable to'conduce to cleanliness in washing the pan as well as the grid.

A novel dish-rack is employed, comprising a set of spaced rack-members and a support therefor, the support having a ortion to hook over the rear end of the drawing pan,

, and also having a portion at its front end to pass down through the meshes of the grid and lockvbeneath the latter. This dish-rack is' thus readily detachable for cleaning the rack, grid-and pan. The rack is so constructed that dishes dropped between the rack-members are clasped thereby, and kept separated from one another, so that the rinsing water has access to all portions of each dish, and also so that the dishes may readily 5 dry. In practice, the apparatus is so eficient that the dishes may be allowed to stand until dry, the use of the drying towel being rendered unnecessary. v Other features and advantages will here- 40 inafter appear.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is an end elevation of my improved drainer, showing in dot-and-dash lines a dish setup vinthe disherack.

Figure 2 is a sectional longitudinal elevation of the drainer, showing in fiction some dishes set up in the rack. 'fw

Figure 3 1s a perspective of the detachable drainer. The pan shaped drainer compriws'an inclined bottom 10, sides 11,12 and rear end 13, the drainer beingtopen. at its front end.

J The "rear end of the drainer is elevated by a foot 14. Thedrainer is stamped out-from one piece, to minimize or avoid hence conduce tocleanliness. V

In the drainer is set a grid 15, to form a floor upon which the dishes rest, the dishes being confined partlyby-the sides and end of the drainer, and partly by a turnedup end 16 formed on the id near'the open end of the drainer-pan. his id 15 forins joints and RICHARD M. SMYTHE, OF BOONTON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOB, BY MESNE ASSIGN- the dish floor of the draining evice, and is supported in the bottom .portion of the draining pan by means of feet 17, which arebent down from cross-rods or supports 17, forming portions of the skeleton of the grid. These feet are'of the same length, so

that the grid is-inclined to the same extent as the bottom 10 of the drainer-pan.

In washing the device, it is only neoes sary to'withdraw the grid, which ma be readily cleansed, the same being true 0 the 18 catch over the folded-over top edges 19 of the drainer-pan and clasp the same,

edges out of contact with water that may drip on the floor of the pan. This rack may comprise a pair of rods 24, which form the bent up at their rear ends at25 tolie against the end of the'draining pan; these bent portions 25 being connected by a yoke 26, which bends over the top edge of the draining pan to form hooks 27, whereby the rack is held in lace.

t their forward ends,the rods 24 (wh ch are above the grid15) are bent downwardly at 28 to pass through the meshes of the grid 15, and are also extended forwardly a? 29 to pass under one ofthe'cross-rods 1 the grid skeleton, whereby. the rack 1s locked against -risingat its forward'end. The bars 24 incline downwardly from thelr rear-ends.

drainer-pan. In repldcing the grid, hooks wherebythe grid is firmly retained in the v mil ' floor or bottom portion of the rack, and are To detach the rack, it is only. necessary to p lift u the hook portion 27, and tilt the rack 29, can be withdrawn from the grid; or rack and grid may be lifted or displaced together at the pan-cleaning operation. 1

From said bottom bars 24: rise vertical dish-supporting rack-members, each in the form of a loop, of which the sides are desighated as 30, and the yoke or connecting memher as 31. At their lower ends the loops may be soldered or otherwise rigidly con-.

' and until the bottom 34 of the dish engages at its front side the bent-back loop 31, as illustrated at Figures 1 and 2. Thedish is thus suspended or comesto rest at a point above the floor of the rack, and is held with relative firmness, so that the dishes will not sway or pack against one another, but will remain separated, thereby favoring both the rinsing and drying operations.

The'detachment feature of the dish-rack conduces to cleanliness, because when detached it may be readily washed. The rack may .be made and sold as a separate article of manufacture, and may be placed in different positions from side to side of the draining pan, the latter being usable without the rack when desired.

- Variations may be resorted to within the. scope of the invention, and portions of the im rovements may be used without others.

rther until the locking portion 28,.

ends and connected by a yoke having the form of a hook to clasp over the end of the dish-drainer, the rods at their forward ends being bent downwardly to pass through meshes of the grid.

a. A. dish-draining rack comprising rods and spaced rack members risingtherefrom and having co-operating portions whereby the dish may be clasped and suspended by adjacent rack members, each of said rack members comprising sides rislng from the rods, and'a yoke portion connecting said sides, said yoke portion bent backwardly to leave side shoulders to engage the beveled flange of one dish and to form a support for the bottom of the next dish, to co-operate with the legs of said rack member and the shoulders of the adjacent rack member for supporting the dish.

5. A tilted drainer-pan having a bottom and sides and open at its lower end and closed at its upper end, said pan containing a floor in the form of a detachable grid,

the grid having feet to rest upon the bottom of the drainer-pan and having a bent-up lower end having hooks to clasp the sides of the drainer-pan, and a dish-rack rising from said grid and comprising a set of rack members, each of which has sides and a bent-back yokeconnecting said sides at their upper ends.

o 6. In combination, a. drainer-pan, a dctachable grid in said pan, and a detachable plate-rack comprising both a set of spaced rack members and a support therefor, each of said rack members comprising sides, said yoke portion bent backwardly to leaveside-shoulders to engage the beveled flange of one dish and to form a support for the bottom of the next dish, to co-operate with the legs of said rack member and the 1 aving thus described my invention, I shoulders of the adjacent rack member for c aim:

1. In combination, a drainer-pan, a desupporting the dish. I 7. In combination, a drainer-pan, a grid tachable' grid'in said pan, and a detachable in the bottom portion of said pan and formplate-rack comprising both a set of spaced ing a, draining floor for the dishes, and a rack members and supporting means thereplate rack within said pan and upon said for, said supporting ineans having at one grid and detachably connected to the grid end means to hook over the drainer-pan, and and pan. also having means at its other end to pass 8. As a new article of manufacture, a tiltthrough the meshes of the grid to lock the ed drainer-pan having sides, an open end and rack. a a'closed end, a grid having feet to support 2. A dish-draining rack comprising spaced it upon the bottom of said drainer-pan and rack members having co-operating portions also having hooks to catch upon the sides whereby the dish may be clasped and sus- I of the drainenpan, and a plate-rack having pended by'adgacent rack members, each rack a hook to catch upon the end of the drainermember havmgmeans to engage the beveled pan. flange of one dish and the edge and bottom 9. As a new article of manufacture,-a tiltof the next d1sh.- V ed drainer-pan having sides, an open end and 3. A dish rack for use in a drawing tray a closed end, a grid having feet to support having a grid therein, said rack comprising it upon the bottom of said drainer-pan and a pair of rods to form the bottom portion also having hooks to catch upon the sides" of the rack, andspaced rack members upon of the drainer-pan, and a plate-rack having said rods, said rods bent up at their rear a hook to catch upon the end of the drainer .sides and a yoke portion connecting sai y inseam pan and detachably locked to the grid by means of projections or tongues which extend from the plate-rack through the meshes of the grid and catch underneath the same.

10. A dish-drier comprising a plate-rack, an inclined drainer-pan within which the late-rack is confined, and means supportlng said plate-rack against accidental disarrangement, said drainer-pan open only at its lower end, said plate-rack supported above the floor of the drainer-pan and including loops extending transversely of the length of the pan, and constructed and mounted to enable plates set down edgewise therein to clear the pan-floor and the drip water thereon, said rack-supportin means constructed to permit relative disp acement between the pan and the rack, to give access to both thereof for cleaning them.

11. A dish-drainer pan open only at one end and with one end held above the other having a plate-rack including loops extending transversely of the pan and confined therein, and a frame carrying said plate-rack in said pan, the recited elements comprising a transverse rod engaging the tops of the sides of the drainer-pan near the open end thereof, and said frame supported partly by said rod, and provided with feet to rest upon the pan floor, whereby the frame and rack are supported at a distance above said'floor; the rack with the frame being displaceable relatively to the pan for cleaning purposes.

RICHARD SMYTHE. 

